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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 16, 2020 18:13:52 GMT -8
Yeah I'm running on Windows 10 and super confused about the wording of what you just said and the tutorial. It didn't work because I confused myself. Is there a version of the tutorial for Windows 10 with those steps in mind? Simplified: 1. Create a task in task scheduler. 2. Check "Run with highest privileges". 3. Go to the "triggers" tab, click "New...". 4. In the dropdown context menu, select "At logon of any user". 5. Go to the "Actions" tab, and click "New..." again. 6. Click "Browse", browse to the directory where you have the program "ClassicThemeTray.exe", and select it, click "OK". 7. In the "Add arguments" text box put " /enable " (obviously no quotes) in there. 8. If you have a laptop, go to the "Conditions" tab and uncheck "Start the task only if the computer is on AC power". 9. Click OK. 10. You now have a Classic Theme task that starts on startup without a UAC prompt on every startup. |
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Post by herit://that1cutie on Oct 16, 2020 20:45:31 GMT -8
Thank you, I did all of that except adding the "/enable" argument. About to test it out.
Did all that, no luck. Tasks I create never seem to work for some reason, even when following exact instructions.
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 17, 2020 5:22:20 GMT -8
Thank you, I did all of that except adding the "/enable" argument. About to test it out. Did all that, no luck. Tasks I create never seem to work for some reason, even when following exact instructions. Here's another way to start the task on startup: 1. Open regedit 2. Go to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run 3. Create a String value, the value (not name, it can be whatever you want) should be " schtasks.exe /run /tn "Insert your task name here with quotes" " (the command without quotes). |
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Post by herit://that1cutie on Oct 17, 2020 9:05:48 GMT -8
Just tried that. Still isn't working. I don't get it. Do the spaces at the beginning and the end of the command need to be there? Either way I used WinAeroTweaker so I have a shortcut to the directory it's in so I can do it myself in just a couple extra clicks. Thanks anyway, everyone, I appreciate it.
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 17, 2020 16:55:50 GMT -8
Just tried that. Still isn't working. I don't get it. Do the spaces at the beginning and the end of the command need to be there? Either way I used WinAeroTweaker so I have a shortcut to the directory it's in so I can do it myself in just a couple extra clicks. Thanks anyway, everyone, I appreciate it. No, the spaces do not need to be there. I just added them so that the quotes could be separated easier from the command. |
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Post by herit://that1cutie on Oct 17, 2020 20:33:56 GMT -8
Okay, then I did it right and it didn't work. I was just making sure because I didn't think they should have been included. Thanks for the help.
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Post by anixx on Oct 18, 2020 12:10:14 GMT -8
Okay, then I did it right and it didn't work. I was just making sure because I didn't think they should have been included. Thanks for the help. Maybe, you disabled the task scheduler service. |
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Post by herit://that1cutie on Oct 19, 2020 12:00:38 GMT -8
I never considered that. I just checked and it is a running service.
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 19, 2020 17:17:55 GMT -8
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Post by sbal on Jan 25, 2021 13:04:29 GMT -8
I tried this today on a fresh install of Windows 10 20H2. it doesn't seem to do anything. The icon changes but nothing happens. Do you need other things installed for this switcher to work?
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Post by leet on Jan 26, 2021 6:34:37 GMT -8
It doesn't instantly switch. All programs opened after you switch will have the classic theme applied.
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Post by sbal on Feb 3, 2021 10:56:03 GMT -8
It doesn't instantly switch. All programs opened after you switch will have the classic theme applied. I tried and it didnt work. |
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Post by leet on Feb 3, 2021 12:45:17 GMT -8
Are you sure you opened a new program? If you opened a browser, you first need to close all browser windows for it to take effect. If you were opening a file explorer window, check this post: www.winclassic.net/post/6468 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2021 6:29:30 GMT -8
does not work with windows 10 version that i have |
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Post by pollema on Feb 9, 2021 10:38:17 GMT -8
sorry if i sound stupid but...
is this 100% safe? 
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Post by leet on Feb 9, 2021 11:16:21 GMT -8
Microsoft detects that ClassicThemeTray blocks access to the theme handles in memory. That's basically blocking out system processes which Windows Defender blocks (ClassicThemeTray removes all rights for the theme handle which DWM uses to draw windows, which forces it to manually draw the classic theme). This makes a lot of sense from Microsoft's perspective. But for most Classic Theme programs that means the authors are unable to release an executable that won't get flagged by most antiviruses.
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Post by pollema on Feb 10, 2021 3:51:03 GMT -8
i have another question
how do i enable it? clicking the windows icon doesnt function...
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Post by leet on Feb 10, 2021 5:47:52 GMT -8
i have another question how do i enable it? clicking the windows icon doesnt function... It doesn’t apply the theme to any programs already open. It only applies to newly opened programs. So close everything and reopen after enabling the theme |
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Post by pollema on May 16, 2021 1:56:34 GMT -8
sooo, i installed this and opened it. after some days i uninstalled it, but ow my task manager is still the windows 95 one, how do i fix this?
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Post by herit://that1cutie on May 19, 2021 14:15:16 GMT -8
Install it again, change it back, and uninstall again.
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